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Kathleen McDermott

Executive Editor for History

“I seek general interest and academic books across a wide range of history. I look for works with broad appeal and original arguments, books that engage readers eager to learn about the past and that advance scholarship in the academic community. One of the joys of working on history books is having a passionate audience; history readers revel in new information, new ideas, new perspectives. I have been one of those readers my entire life, and I want the books I acquire to be part of the discussions and debates in that lively world. The many areas I cover include: American history of any period; environmental history; Atlantic history; medieval to modern European history, including eastern Europe and Russia; the modern Middle East; Asian history; and Latin American history. I am interested in books that cross borders and consider global contexts, and welcome book proposals for international history, military history, and biographies.”

Contact: [email address] • @historicallyKM

Recent Books

Cover: The Horde: How the Mongols Changed the World, by Marie Favereau, from Harvard University Press

The Horde: How the Mongols Changed the World
Marie Favereau

Cover: New Democracy: The Creation of the Modern American State, by William J. Novak, from Harvard University Press

New Democracy: The Creation of the Modern American State
William J. Novak

Cover: China’s Good War: How World War II Is Shaping a New Nationalism, by Rana Mitter, from Harvard University Press

China’s Good War: How World War II Is Shaping a New Nationalism
Rana Mitter

Cover: The Injustice Never Leaves You: Anti-Mexican Violence in Texas, by Monica Muñoz Martinez, from Harvard University Press

The Injustice Never Leaves You: Anti-Mexican Violence in Texas
Monica Muñoz Martinez

Cover: When France Fell: The Vichy Crisis and the Fate of the Anglo–American Alliance, by Michael S. Neiberg, from Harvard University Press

When France Fell: The Vichy Crisis and the Fate of the Anglo–American Alliance
Michael S. Neiberg

Cover: Washington at the Plow: The Founding Farmer and the Question of Slavery, by Bruce A. Ragsdale, from Harvard University Press

Washington at the Plow: The Founding Farmer and the Question of Slavery
Bruce A. Ragsdale

Cover: Heathen: Religion and Race in American History, by Kathryn Gin Lum, from Harvard University Press

Heathen: Religion and Race in American History
Kathryn Gin Lum

Cover: An Unchosen People: Jewish Political Reckoning in Interwar Poland, by Kenneth B. Moss, from Harvard University Press

An Unchosen People: Jewish Political Reckoning in Interwar Poland
Kenneth B. Moss

Cover: The King’s Peace: Law and Order in the British Empire, by Lisa Ford, from Harvard University Press

The King’s Peace: Law and Order in the British Empire
Lisa Ford

Cover: Necropolis: Disease, Power, and Capitalism in the Cotton Kingdom, by Kathryn Olivarius, from Harvard University Press

Necropolis: Disease, Power, and Capitalism in the Cotton Kingdom
Kathryn Olivarius

Cover: Hidden Caliphate: Sufi Saints beyond the Oxus and Indus, by Waleed Ziad, from Harvard University Press

Hidden Caliphate: Sufi Saints beyond the Oxus and Indus
Waleed Ziad

Cover: Sustainable Utopias: The Art and Politics of Hope in Germany, by Jennifer L. Allen, from Harvard University Press

Sustainable Utopias: The Art and Politics of Hope in Germany
Jennifer L. Allen

Desperate Remedies: Psychiatry’s Turbulent Quest to Cure Mental Illness, by Andrew Scull, from Harvard University Press

Recent News

Brian Hochman, author of The Listeners: A History of Wiretapping in the United States, described to WNYC’s All of It how surveillance became commonplace.
Necropolis author Kathryn Olivarius explained to Smithsonian Magazine how yellow fever exacerbated racial inequality in nineteenth-century New Orleans.
Jamie Martin, author of The Meddlers: Sovereignty, Empire, and the Birth of Global Economic Governance, warned in the New York Times that aggressive efforts to quell inflation in the United States can have major, unpredictable effects around the world—including long-lasting negative consequences for countries in the Global South.
A Washington Post analysis, informed heavily by David Livingstone Smith’s Making Monsters, described how the Russian military encourages its troops to dehumanize Ukrainians.

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From Our Blog

Jacket: A Brief History of Equality, by Thomas Piketty, from Harvard University Press

Five Reasons Why You Should Read Thomas Piketty’s A Brief History of Equality

In his surprising and powerful new work, A Brief History of Equality, Thomas Piketty reminds us that the grand sweep of history gives us reasons to be optimistic. Over the centuries, he shows, we have been moving toward greater equality. We asked him about his impassioned new book: why he wrote it, how it’s optimistic, and what we need to do to continue making progress on creating an equitable world. …

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